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Rapid Thermal Annealed TIW/TI Contact Metallization for Advanced VLSI Si Circuits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Henry W. Chung  and
Agnes T. Yao
Henry W. Chung
Affiliation:
Philips Research and Development Center, Philips Components—Signetics, 811 E. Arques Av., Sunnyvale, CA 94088
Agnes T. Yao
Affiliation:
Philips Research and Development Center, Philips Components—Signetics, 811 E. Arques Av., Sunnyvale, CA 94088
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Abstract

Rapid thermal annealed (RTA) bilayers of TiW/Ti were evaluated for contact metallization in advanced VLSI Si circuits. It was found that RTA and a minimum thickness of Ti are necessary to achieve consistently low + contact resistance. RTA has little effect on n+ and polysilicon contact resistances. With RTA, TiSi2 is formed at the Ti/Si interface and a thin nitrogen—containing layer is formed on the TiW surface. By controlling RTA temperature and time, the interaction between Si and TiW during RTA could be minimized while the gain factor of p—channel MOSFETs was not degraded. Moreover, the leakage currents of n+ and p+ contact chains did not increase after 30 minute anneals up to 525C.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 182: Symposium C – Polysilicon Thin Films and Interfaces , 1990 , 97
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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